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Thursday, May 19, 2005

The Crows don't seem to notice much except everything

They annoy some people but don't seem to care. They are a very important part of our world right now. They go about their lives with an air of annoyance. They are annoyed when a bagel is too hard, they are annoyed when a car drives by when eating a street located morsel, they are annoyed when the squirrels challenge them for the nuts or corn. They spend their life in a constant state of being annoyed.

They have a royal Caw fest when the seagulls show up. They squawk at the cats that are too close to food, water, a nesting tree or just because they can. They have a communication network bar none. But despite their attitude, they seem to go through their lives with ease and let very little bother them. They just have solutions for their challenges and problems.

They can be very amusing. Mom found plaster in the bird bath and was severely reprimanded for taking it out. During the construction period they thought it might be food so they were soaking it. I often watch as special morsels of food are stashed for later. There is a spot in my neighbor's gutter that I observed the crow land with a large piece of bread, very carefully pull up some moss and lay it on the roof, put the bread in the gutter and replace the moss. He does this almost daily. I guess it is the crow's version of a cupboard.

They just get on with meeting life head on with no apologies even though they are annoyed.

I guess we need to be more like them.

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